It was all about will and you just don't want to go home. They didn't want to go home, and we didn't want to go home.

I think the biggest difference is the guys will be sleeping in their own beds and eating (home) cooking, so we won't be worried about that. Hopefully we'll have good crowds and hopefully most of them are cheering for us, so I think it's going to be an advantage.

We reminisce a little bit about the run. But usually we argue over which team could go on the same type of run this year.

It's sometimes embarrassing when these guys come back, because he makes such a big thing about them being part of the program. They really respect the fact he integrates what they've done with the guys that are currently here.

Ask every coach in the NCAA. Who wouldn't want to have a dominant big man? They'd all want to start with a big man, and that answers that question. There's not a coach out there who would turn down a big man.

He's a bulldog. Determined. Aggressive.